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Lysbeth (Lysbette, Elisabeth Piersins (Pierssins); [[Braght, Tieleman Jansz van (1625-1664)|van Braght]], only Elisabeth), was an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr burned at the stake on 21 July 1551, on the Veerle square at [[Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Ghent]], [[Belgium|Belgium]], with Gilles de Gusemme. Standing on the place of execution, the executioner treated her indecently, the only case of indecency which is related in the literature concerning the martyrs. Gillis and Lysbeth are celebrated in a song "Als men schreef vijftienhondert jaer en een en vijftich daer toe voorwaer," No. 8 in the <em>[[Lietboecxken, tracterende van den Offer des Heeren, Een|Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren]]. </em>Both had been (re)-baptized by [[Gillis van Aken (ca. 1500-1557)|Gillis van Aken]]. Lysbeth Piersins may have belonged to the Pierson family later found in the [[Netherlands|Netherlands]] and the Pearson family of England. | Lysbeth (Lysbette, Elisabeth Piersins (Pierssins); [[Braght, Tieleman Jansz van (1625-1664)|van Braght]], only Elisabeth), was an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr burned at the stake on 21 July 1551, on the Veerle square at [[Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Ghent]], [[Belgium|Belgium]], with Gilles de Gusemme. Standing on the place of execution, the executioner treated her indecently, the only case of indecency which is related in the literature concerning the martyrs. Gillis and Lysbeth are celebrated in a song "Als men schreef vijftienhondert jaer en een en vijftich daer toe voorwaer," No. 8 in the <em>[[Lietboecxken, tracterende van den Offer des Heeren, Een|Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren]]. </em>Both had been (re)-baptized by [[Gillis van Aken (ca. 1500-1557)|Gillis van Aken]]. Lysbeth Piersins may have belonged to the Pierson family later found in the [[Netherlands|Netherlands]] and the Pearson family of England. | ||
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<em>Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . .</em> N.p., 1570: 535-537. | <em>Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . .</em> N.p., 1570: 535-537. | ||
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Verheyden, A. L. E. <em>Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). </em>Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 17, No. 33. | Verheyden, A. L. E. <em>Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). </em>Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 17, No. 33. | ||
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Lysbeth (Lysbette, Elisabeth Piersins (Pierssins); van Braght, only Elisabeth), was an Anabaptist martyr burned at the stake on 21 July 1551, on the Veerle square at Ghent, Belgium, with Gilles de Gusemme. Standing on the place of execution, the executioner treated her indecently, the only case of indecency which is related in the literature concerning the martyrs. Gillis and Lysbeth are celebrated in a song "Als men schreef vijftienhondert jaer en een en vijftich daer toe voorwaer," No. 8 in the Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren. Both had been (re)-baptized by Gillis van Aken. Lysbeth Piersins may have belonged to the Pierson family later found in the Netherlands and the Pearson family of England.
Bibliography
Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1570: 535-537.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685: Part II, 105.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 552. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 552.
Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 17, No. 33.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Lysbeth Piersins (d. 1551)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 19 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Lysbeth_Piersins_(d._1551)&oldid=89163.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1957). Lysbeth Piersins (d. 1551). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Lysbeth_Piersins_(d._1551)&oldid=89163.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 426. All rights reserved.
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